With over sixty million casualties WW2 was the bloodiest conflict in history. In this incisive introduction, esteemed academic Christopher Catherwood covers all the key battles and campaigns, while also giving the larger story behind them, putting familiar events into the perspective of the war at large. He explores: * The huge impact of the preceding Sino-Japanese War on WW2 itself * The relative unimportance of the British conflict in Africa * The near moral-equivalence of the Red Army and the Nazis * The impact of the Hiroshima bombing Full of text-boxes revealing key details about British intelligence, weaponry, and the social milieu of the conflict, there is no better brief introduction to this landmark event.
| ISBN: | 9781780745107 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 2014 |
| Author: | Christopher Catherwood |
| Publisher: | Oneworld Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Beginner's Guides |
| Primary Genre | History |
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With over sixty million casualties WW2 was the bloodiest conflict in history. In this incisive introduction, esteemed academic Christopher Catherwood covers all the key battles and campaigns, while also giving the larger story behind them, putting familiar events into the perspective of the war at large. He explores: * The huge impact of the preceding Sino-Japanese War on WW2 itself * The relative unimportance of the British conflict in Africa * The near moral-equivalence of the Red Army and the Nazis * The impact of the Hiroshima bombing Full of text-boxes revealing key details about British intelligence, weaponry, and the social milieu of the conflict, there is no better brief introduction to this landmark event.
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World War II A Beginner's Guide was written by Christopher Catherwood and published by Oneworld Publications
World War II A Beginner's Guide has 224 pages
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